Door-latch.



E. ZWILLER.

DOOR LATCH. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26. 1908.

Patented June-1 1909.

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- Toall whom, it may concern;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDU'ARD ZWILL ER, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

DOOR-LATCH.

Be it knownthat I, EDUARD ZWIpLER, confectioner, residing at the' Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relat ing to Door-Latches, of which the following is specification; v

The present invention relates to a doorlatch, t e object of which is to prevent anyone Who is not familiar with the mechanism, from 0 ening the doorl 'In t e annexed drawing the invention is illustrated, Figurel representing a section of the door-latch in operative, and Fig. 2 a section of the same in inoperative position,

while Fig! 3 shows a front elevation of the roselate. i A ollow handle a is rotatably and slidably mounted with its shank on the spindle c. The inner portion e of said spindle is ro I vided with an angular enlargement on which the nozzled of the shank b is made to fit, so

"the handle fa can be unscrewed.

6. I be pushedhomewhere the nozzle d of the the sham in down thesPringijthe lug of thespringlg e that the latter en ages with the spindle when the'hand'le'is pushed inward. y Y

,Thefspindle e is provided with a spring 9 ential slots fandfiinthe shank b. In said The normal pns'itign" 0f the handle is con- "g .inounted in a recess of hich'springior that pur ffsaid rose-plate and t1}? rotary'lnovement 111i is provided with a P6 an oft'he hand "A spring aw m ts the hand e from on the 's ind "being pu led Wheffi'takin g the'device to p eces, said so v, a 2 sa m must be deig f flt purpose the knob ,n on

The operation of the d 10615-88 follows a A suitable attachment to the door-key, is inserted in the slot h of the shank I). By presswi 1 be forced into the'recessf on the spin This releases the handle which can then shank ben ages with the angular portion 2 of the spin le 0. Thehandle is now in operative position and is kept there by the lug of the s rin g whichengages with the sloth of the s man I). In order to return the handie to its inoperative position, said lug must Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 26, 1908. Serial No. 459,653.

ontrolled b a Patented June 1, 1909 again be depressed by inserting the door-key attachment in the slot h and the handle can then be pulled out.

In the inoperative position the handle will, if turned, merely rotate idly on the cylindrical partoi' the spindle c an'd'return, when released,'through the influence oi the spring 1.

I claim 4 1 A door-latch, comprising a spindle having an outer cylindrical and an'inner, en- 6b larged,, angular portion, a handle slidably and rotatably mounted with its shank on the a cylindrical part of said spindleand provided with an angular nozzle adapted to fit on and engage with the angular portion of said spindle, circumferential slots in said shank, a spring mounted in a recess in said spindle and having a lug adapted to engage with. said circumferential slots of the shank, so as to hold the handle in and out of operative en agement with said spindle respectively, suldstantially asset forth. 4

2. A door-latch, comprising a spindle, a handle mounted with its shank on said spindie and adapted to be brought in and out of operative engagement with said spindle, a

spring mounted in a recess in said spindle, a lug on said spring adapted to engage with circumferential slots in said shank so as to holdthe handle in and out of operative engagement with said spindle, and blades rings mounted in said slots and adapted to e de pressed from outside so as to bring said'lug out of engagement with said slots, substantially as set' forth 3. A door-latch, comprisin a spindle, a handle mounted with its shan on said spindle and adapted to be brought in and out/of operative ,en agemcnt with said spindle, means for hold ng said handle in operative andinoperative engagement with said spin- 'dle asprin -actuated pawl mounted in a recess in sai handle and ada ted to engage with the shank of said hand e so as to prevent it from being drawn off said spindle, 190 and a/knob on said handle adapted to be unscrewed forthe purpose of depressing said s ring and removing the handle, substan tially as set forth.

4. A door-latc h, comprisin a spindle, a handle mounted with its shan on said spindle and adapted to be brought in and out of operative en agement with said spindle, means for ho dlng said handle in operative and inoperative engagement with said spin- 113 dle, a rose-plateadapted to receive the ends of said shank, a projection on said end of the i shank, a recess in said rose-plate adapted to receive said PIOJBOUOII and limit the movement of said projection and of the handle} and a spiral spring mounted in said roseplate and having one end attached to said rose-plate and the other to said shank so as I to hold said shank and the handle in inoperated position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDUAIRD ZWILLElL Witnesses:

EDlTH OLssoN, HJALM R ZETTERSTROM. 

